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    CRPD Survey/Press Release

    By Pam VanderVeer | February 19, 2008

    Press release
    On 15 February 2008

    The  Center  for  Human  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  (VIKE)  is
    conducting a survey on the processes of ratification of  the  Convention  on
    the Rights of Persons  with  Disabilities  in  seven  European  states.  The
    chosen states are Finland, Germany, Hungary,  Serbia,  Sweden,  Ukraine  and
    the United Kingdom.

    The main focus of this survey is to analyze both  the  official  information
    of the governments and the feedback of NGOs and human  rights  institutions.
    The views  of  the  civil  society  are  an  important  source  for  finding
    information on the weaknesses and development of the ratification process.

    The report on the CRPD Survey will be published in English as a  comparative
    analysis at a seminar in Helsinki on 20-21 May 2008.  The  speakers  of  the
    seminar are human rights specialists from Finland and abroad. The  programme
    of the seminar will be  released  on  the  VIKE`s  website.  The  survey  is
    carried out  within  a  project  entitled  "CRPD  Survey".  The  project  is
    financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland.

    Visit VIKE website for more information - www.vike.fi.

    The Center for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities (VIKE)

    For further information:
    Mr. Riku Virtanen
    Researcher
    Address: Biskopsgatan 19/ IMR, 20500 Åbo, Finland
    E-mail: rvi@sci.fi
    Tel: +358 45 7731 0106
    Fax: +358 2215 3465

     

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    One Response to “CRPD Survey/Press Release”

    1. SURVEY: Process for Ratifying the CRPD « We Can Do Says:
      February 19th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

      […] This announcement has also been posted at the RatifyNow.org web site. RatifyNow is an organization that works to maximize the number of countries that sign, ratify, and implement the CRPD and the accompanying Optional Protocol. Also at We Can Do: catch up with the news; explore resources, toolkits, or funding and fellowship opportunities that might be helpful for your organization; find research, reports, papers, or statistics; or look up conferences, events, call for papers, or education/training opportunities. Learn how to receive an email alert when new material is posted at We Can Do (wecando.wordpress.com). […]

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